Rotten Egg Smell in Lakeside Green Florida Water

Unhealthy Levels of Rotten Egg Smell in the Water Supply of Lakeside Green Florida Homes

A rotten egg smell at the tap can make simple tasks—showers, cooking, laundry—unpleasant around your Lakeside Green home. Often called a sulfur smell, it may appear in hot water, cold water, or both, and is commonly associated with hydrogen sulfide gas, sulfur-reducing bacteria, or reactions inside a water heater. Even when water looks clear, the odor can cling to skin, hair and clothing and linger in the air.

Because this smell can originate in several places, treating the root cause is better than covering odors with soaps or deodorizers. In humid subtropical Florida, microbes and stagnant water in storage tanks or rarely used plumbing can make odors worse, so you may notice the smell when water has sat in lines or when you first open a faucet. Whether the source is a private well, your heater, or naturally occurring sulfur compounds, a whole-home solution stops that rotten egg smell from traveling through every room in the house.